The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-05-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A new silk-mlll, recently St3rteu ht
Harrisburg. Pa, employs four hundred
hands.
AN engine In use in the zinc mines
near Friedensville, Pa, is fed by six
teen boilers, and is Of five thousand
horsepower. It is said to be the largest
one In the world.
The ups and downs Of oil region
towns are shown in the statement that
ten years ago the post-offlce at Elk City
was worth, it is said, $500. Now It
is worth $780, Pittsburgh Post
Rules at the Washington Territory
penitentiary require the hair on the
right side of the head to be shaved on
while that on the left side is allowed to
remain in its normal condition. Chica-
90 Times.
AT Sag Harbor, Me-, twelve-year-
old Albert Nickerson daily sits down to
the table with his father and mother.
grandfather and grandmother. and
great-grandfathcr and two great-grand-
mothers
Tive very ancient skeletons, sup
posed to antedate the present abor-
igines, have been unearthed two miles
north of Tucson. Arizona. They were
in sitting position and encased in
wall of powders.
The organ grinders of New York
City have trades union of 882 men,
bers Each one has a particular route,
and when man dies or returns to
Italy his route is sold to the highest
bidder The grinders average s. or 81
y day in coppers.-N. Y. Sun.
"A great many society women in
New York now take long walks for
health's sake. There is large number
of ladies who allow no bad weather
short of a rain-storm to prevent them
from taking their daily morning con-
stitutional.-N Y Nail
Mrs. Granville Moody, of Peters.
burg, Va. sat in a court room of that
county and heard her husband of one
week sentenced to eight years imprison-
ment for forgery. Then she threw her
arms around his neck and asked to be
committed with him, but the hard
hearsed sheriff refused her request.
Some idea of the wonderful progress
now being made in microscopical sci
cnce may be formed by the fact, as
stated by the president of the British
Association lately, that results are now
attained in this line which mathema-
ticians five years ago declared to be
impossible.
The numbers from to 160 inclusive
can be arranged in the following num-
Der of different ways: 1908, 962, 075,-
Ais. 76l. APO, 179, 707, 267, O59, 745. 94S. 772,
OO6. PCT, 575. 175. 1873, 9S9, 1866, 269. TAP 075,-
S73,05l $40. 679, GIG. Az, 457, 1898, $50, $780,
$50, 102. 907. 236. 1854. 045. ! 72. $685. 1854 fol-
lowed by "a ciphers-in all So figures.
Chicago Times.
Near Willow Greek, Cal, few
days ago Mexican was riding along
ON his horse with the reins tied to his
wrist and playing har1nonica when
the horse got frightened at the noise
and commenced bucking, throwing him
of, and as he was unable to unfasten
the reins from his wrist. he was dragged
to death.
"A curious event happened during
Justice Grantham's last circuit in En-
gland. A man was brought up, and
having been convicted principally upor
the evidence of an old woman, was sen
fenced to a term of imprisonment. I'm
mediately after it was discovered tina
the old woman not only knew nothing
about the case, but was actually wit
ness in another case at the same as
sizes, and had been called by mistake
Not long ago a widow and widowel
near Indiana, Pa, consoled each othe
by marrying, and a few weeks after
wcrd they drove to town. While tn,
husband was doing some business tn,
wife stepped around to the undertaken
to pay for his services at her late hus
bands funeral. The bill had scarcel,
been receipted when the husband pu
in an appearance and proceeded to pa.
the undertaken for services at his lat
wife's funeral. 1t is said they wer
mutually surprised. Cleveland Leader
Two friends in car were speaking
of brilliant wedding which had take
place at Judge Bogsley's the night be
fore, when one of them said: II ha
an invitation, but did not avail mysel
of it. Iregret now that did not go.
A man who had taken no part in til
conversation remarked: II attended
wedding at the Judges once, and regrt
that did CO." Were you not treate
wellr' 20, yes" "Why, then, d
you regret having gonePr ''Becaus'
on the occasion, 1 married one of tn
Judges daughters. "-Arkansaw Tra'
eier.